The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-07-26
TRAIN TALK.
Items Of General Information
for the Especial Benefit of
Railway Men.

The Rock Island people are very
well liked in Kansas.
Engineer A. Mcdonald has re-
moved his family from Parsons to this
city.
Beatrice has voted s21, 900 to
the Kansas City, Wyandotte and
Northwestern railroad.
-Messrs. Kerrigan and Peck, of
the Missouri Pacific, have been max
ing a general tour of inspection.
General Passenger Agent Fuller,
of the Chesapeake and Ohio, wants a
differential on passenger rates out of
Cincinnati.
The Southern Pacific road has
given notice that it has decided to is
sue passes to the families of employees
of other roads.
The Chicago and Alton road will
pay quarterly dividend of 2 per cent
September l to all stockholders on
record August Is.
L. P. Bowler, assistant chief
clerk in Superintendent Clark's Office,
is absent, sick. His desk is filled by
Mr.. Chas. Evans.
The Santa Fe surveying corps is
now running line through Fl. Scott.
The survey through the county will
be completed at an early date.
E. S. Cronk, formerly of this
city, now land clerk in the Auditors
office of the Missouri Pacific, in st.
Louis. was in the city yesterday.
Conductor A. j. Brown, of the
Missouri Pacific, has obtained a lay
off and has gone to Galveston, Texas,
where he will enjoy sea baths and
breezes.
-Sam1 Irwin, master car bnilder |
Of the Missouri Pacific, was in the
city yesterday for a few hours and |
left on the east tound morning ex-
press for st. Louis.
T. H. Fitzpatrick, general road
master, and Howard F. Parke, divis-
on superintendent of the Missouri
Pacific, were passengers on the fast
mail train to Kansas City.
The railroads of Kansas are in
the height of prosperity, having earn
ID thus far this year 30 to 40 per cent
more money than in the correspond
ng period in 1886.
Division Superintendent WEIGH,
IF the Missouri Pacific, has issued an
order that all train porters must over
,eme their disposition to be slovenly
Ind brace up regardless of the wealth
II.
The latest railroad rumors is that
he Illinois Central will build a line
rom jackson, Tenn, via. Browns
lille, to Kansas City and also one
rom jackson to Birmingham, Ala
)ama.
The Santa Fa is now actively
Engaged in securing terminal facili-
let in Chicago. 1t has quietly sew
raj whole blocks of property and
holds options on much more. An Or
finance granting the right of way is
low before the Chicago city council.
To stop hand-car racing. INDUCED
D now and then by the section men,
he Lake Shore has issued an order
the men running their
ars any nearer together than 500
eet. With that interval of distance
,etween them there will be no fun in
acing.
The Union Pacific company is
bout to make an important improve
nent in one of its branch lines. Ar
have been made to
hange to standard gauge all that
,ortion of the Utah 81 Northern be-
ween Pocatetlo, /. T., and Silver
Bow, NJ. T., on July q. |
Abe Gould, brother of the great
'ay, who is purchasing agent of the
lissouri Pacific with headquarters at
It. Louis, spent a few hours in the
ity yesterday and left for st. Louis.
n the 11:20 a. M. train. He is in
very way a larger man than his
rother, but a family resemblance is
eadily noticeable.